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Prof. Dr. med.

Silke Hofmann

Chair holder

Faculty of Health (School of Medicine)  |  Chair of Dermatology

member

Faculty of Health  |  APL Commission


Chair of Dermatology


Research

  • Autoimmune dermatoses
  • Allergies with a focus on food allergies, drug allergies and mastocytosis
  • Effects of climate change on skin diseases and allergies
  • Health care research
  • Dermatological operations and risk of infection
     

Employees

PD Dr Galina Balakirski

Cand. med. Julika Asdonk

Cand. med. Paula Nöldeke

Anne Tschesche

Martina Giuliani
 


Clinical competencies

  • Dermatology
  • Allergology
  • occupational dermatology
  • Drug tumour therapy
     

Resume

since 01/2020
Director of the Centre for Dermatology, Allergology and Dermatosurgery at Helios University Hospital Wuppertal; Chair of Dermatology, Witten/Herdecke University

Since 2014
Examiner at the North Rhine Medical Association for specialist examinations in dermatology and allergology

05/2012 - 12/2019
Senior physician at the Centre for Dermatology, Allergology and Dermatosurgery at Helios University Hospital Wuppertal

05/2011
Postdoctoral university lecturing qualification, University of Freiburg

10/2010 - 03/2012
Postdoc at the Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, Leopoldina scholarship

01/2004
PhD thesis, University of Erlangen

07/2003 - 09/2010
Assistant physician, then specialist in dermatology, University Dermatological Clinic Freiburg
 


Teaching

  • Dermatology lectures
  • clinical tracks
  • scientific papers
     

Press expert for

  • Allergies
  • Urticaria
  • Neurodermatitis
  • Climate change & skin
  • UV protection
  • Skin cancer
     

Further information

  • Member of the Executive Board of the German Dermatological Society (DDG) and representative for public relations

  • Advisory member of the AG Nachhaltigkeit in dermatologie e. V. (AGN) of the DDG

  • Member of the editorial board of "Die Dermatologie"

  • Working Group Dermatological Research (ADF) and working group "Autoimmune Bullous Dermatoses" within the ADF

  • European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)

  • German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI)

  • Medical Association of German Allergists (AEDA)

  • Working Group for Professional Dermatology (ABD)

  • Dermatological Science and Training Academy NRW (DWFA)

  • European Association for Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)

  • Israeli-German Dermatological Society